Darnell Nurse named to exciting new NHLPA committee

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Finnegan Frost
November 3, 2024 (4:33)

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Breaking news in Oil Country as Edmonton Oilers blue-liner has been named to a new NHLPA committee.

According to reports from hockey insider Elliotte Friedman, NHLPA's executive director Marty Walsh is forming a groundbreaking committee which is the first of it's kind, and Darnell Nurse receives the distinguished honour of being named.

The committee will be responsible for examining and helping NHL players with the issue of CTE. Chronic traumatic Encephalopathy is a brain disorder that Is found primarily in athletes who suffer from repeated head injuries. Over time this disorder causes the death of nerve cells in the brain which means it will be progressive and never improve.
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"[The committee] is going to hopefully have one representative from each team as a member of it, so the players can get a better understanding of the challenges that concussions can present," Friedman said. "[Nurse] would be an excellent choice. I think he would be an excellent person to help educate his fellow members about the challenges that can be faced and the treatment that can be got."
-Eliotte Friedman

The fact that the NHL is finally taking steps to recognize and formulate a committee based around the long standing issues of CTE's is fantastic. The NHL has seen countless former players retire from the NHL and struggle with their lives off the ice as a direct result of CTE's. Now, the NHLPA are taking the preliminary measures to create a support system to reduce the detrimental impacts of CTE's.

Darnell Nurse is no stranger to NHLPA committee's, with a longstanding involvement regarding the anti-racial campaign that was launched back in 2020.

"The NHLPA is in the process of forming a player committee that will be focused on learning more about chronic traumatic encephalopathy). The committee will be guided by leading medical experts in this field to help players better understand CTE,» Walsh said.

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